Quote Originally Posted by wildfire0310
as of the EVO4 they fliped the motor over to run like the EVO8 here in the states. So the Evo 1-3 all have the tranny on the same side as the eclipse, and use the same motor(well the 6-bolts). But as of the EVO4 the motor was swaped around so that the tranny was on the opp side. I want to say if memory is correct, the tranny would be on the driver side for the EVO4+. Same reason the 97+ mirage can't use the eclipse motor as a bolt in, motor is on the wrong side.

Hope that answer you question.
A 3g eclipse (00-04) tranny will fit on an Evo8 motor, and it has been done. A guy in Cali swaped an Evo8 motor into his 8g Galant and used a 3g eclipse 5-speed tranny and everything works fine. The eclipse motor was fliped in 99 so it sits the same as the Evo motor